Eastcroft Park School

Eastcroft Park School is performing well overall, with most pupils achieving positively across the curriculum. The school has established a strong culture of safeguarding, ensuring that pupils feel safe and supported. While pupils generally excel in mathematics and reading, there are areas for improvement in writing and attendance, particularly among disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs. The leadership team is proactive in addressing these challenges, although consistency in support for SEND pupils remains a concern.

Strengths

• Most pupils achieve well across the curriculum.
• Strong standard of safeguarding is maintained.
• Skilled staff support children in early years effectively.
• High quality phonics sessions help pupils build reading skills.
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum in place.
• Leaders recognize the need for improvement and take action.

Areas for Improvement

• Writing achievement is not as strong as in other areas.
• Pupils with SEND sometimes feel overwhelmed and struggle to make progress.
• Attendance rates are well below national averages, particularly for disadvantaged pupils.
• Teachers do not consistently address incorrect letter formation in writing.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Eastcroft Park School attended 91.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 26.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.4% of pupils at Eastcroft Park School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Eastcroft Park School had 25.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.1% of pupils at Eastcroft Park School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Eastcroft Park School received £8,666 and spent £8,504 for each of its 223 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £106,000 (£476 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Eastcroft Park School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Eastcroft Park School is Needs attention, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Eastcroft Park School last inspected by Ofsted?

Eastcroft Park School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Eastcroft Park School have?

Eastcroft Park School has 222 pupils on roll.

What age range does Eastcroft Park School cover?

Eastcroft Park School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Eastcroft Park School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Eastcroft Park School?

Eastcroft Park School is at Hollinghurst Road, Tower Hill, Kirkby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L33 1EB.